Summary:

Amazon best selling author, fitness expert, and divorce coach Kelli Calabrese joins host Brenda Teele to talk about how she recovered from the pain of divorce and now helps others do the same.  Kelli says her heart is especially committed to helping women build confidence, live with freedom, and live each day in their purpose and on purpose.

Kelli shares how she overcame bitterness and feelings of rejection and offers an 8-step plan to living Intentionally Fabulous.

“I decided that I'm not going to pre-judge, I'm not going to self-criticize, I'm not going to play a victim.”

– Kelly Calabrese

Lace up your shoes and enjoy a brisk walk that nourishes your Spirit, Soul, and Body.

Timestamps:

01:39: Who is Kelli Calabrese? Hear all about her journey of healing and forgiveness after a painful divorce.

04:49: Dealing with imposter syndrome while creating her divorce coaching program

09:34: The birth of ‘Intentionally Fabulous’ – a program tailored to help others navigate separation, divorce, and post-divorce. “It was the program I wished I had.”

10:44: Importance of celebrating and seeing ourselves as lovable, worthy, and deserving.

11:55: Exercise set 1 – Speed walk and some arm work

16:24: Speaking/functioning from a place of hurt and the importance of friends or a community when going through a divorce.

20:41: The grief cycle – Everyone heals in a different way

21:37: Exercise set 2 – Speed walk and some arm work

25: 19: Kelli’s healing guide – including affirmations, meditation, visualization, activation, celebration, etc.

26:53: Living a life of pre-forgiveness

29:12: Final set 1 – Speed walk and some arm work

29:26: “Who walked the road with you?”

34:32: Word of the Week – Choosing faith over fear

Key Takeaways

• Pre-forgiveness prepares you to handle the surprises that may be thrown your way.
• Choosing Faith over Fear is the first step to achieving your goals.
• The importance of a community and avoiding isolation during tough times.
• Celebrate even the smallest accomplishments to create momentum for more.

Summary:

Former Director of the Dallas Mavs Dancers and Maniacs joins host Brenda Teele to talk about why she resigned from one of the hottest dance teams in the NBA at the time.  Walk and listen as Shella tells her story of a spiritual awakening that helped her see her greater value and self-worth.

She shares how she performed around the world and appeared on national television only to find that there’s something more important than success.

Shella now wants to help young up-and coming dancers not make the mistakes she says she made. “Your identity and your value and your self worth doesn’t come from anything external.”

Although she retired after selling the dance studio she founded, Power House of Dance, teaching dance is still a major part of Shella’s life, but now with a new message.  

. “More than anything I wanted my life to have significance to help other people maybe not make the same mistakes I made.” – Shella Sattler

“Little did I know that there is so much more. I look at all of the things that I used to think were so important and significant that it’s almost laughable now.” – Shella Sattler

Tune in and walk with me as Shella narrates how her eyes were opened to a new perspective that would forever change her life.

Timestamps:

01:50: Who is Shella Sattler? – Her career as an NFL and NBA Dancer and much more

06:30: Speed walk with some arm work.

10:06: Shella gets a new perspective that causes her to resign as the Mavs Dancers director

15:30: Second set speed walk with arm work.

18:56: Going from success to having greater significance so that others don’t make the same mistakes.

23:45: Final set – Speed walk with some arm work.

27:00: Shella’s new passion and approach to teaching dance

28:15:Enjoying her new way of seeing significance in life.

29:18: Word of the week: Perspective

 Key Takeaways

• Success can be unfulfilling if it’s the basis of your personal value and identity.
• Seeing something very familiar from a new perspective can be a game changer.
• A person should seek to find their identity in Christ not in the approval of others.

Links

• https://www.facebook.com/shella.sattler
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/shella-sattler-60427889
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Former Texas Judge, Alice A. Bonner joins host Brenda Teele to talk about how she became the first African American female state judge in Harris County, Texas.  Walk and listen as Judge Bonner tells her story of determination to become a lawyer and what it took to win her first election in 1978.

She shares how most young girls were encouraged to pursue careers as a secretary or a nurse, but seeing peace protests and sit-ins during the early 60’s increased her desire to help uphold the law. She quickly found there were few opportunities for employment for Black attorneys.

Judge Bonner maintains her private practice as an Attorney, Mediator, and Arbitrator.  She is a charter member of the National Women of Achievement, Inc.- Houston Chapter.

“We can’t let our citizenry down because they’re poor, uneducated and have no hope.” – Alice Bonner

Tune in and walk with ME as the Honorable, Alice Bonner narrates why people should not give up their hope and dreams despite feeling or being discouraged.

Timestamps:

01:30: Who is Judge Alice Bonner? – Her upbringing in Slidell, Louisiana, becoming fascinated with idea of one day being a lawyer.

06:30: Speed walk with some arm work.

09:50: Judge Bonner’s first appointment as judge and the hard fought election.

08:14: Operation Bridge the Gap – Hosting a Christmas party for the homeless

15:10: Second set – Speed walk with some arm work.

19:00: Balancing a career with motherhood.

23:51: Our last speed walk.

27:46: Encouragement to not give up hope.

29:25: Word of the week.

29:05: “I have to keep having hope in the people of America that we’ve got to be better people.”

 Key Takeaways

• Don’t let anyone tell you what you can’t become.
• Even with the odds are stacked against you, you can still win.
• Judge Bonner’s determination opened the door for other African American female lawyers.